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Improvements in Readiness to Change and Drinking in Primary Care Patients with Unhealthy Alcohol Use: A Prospective Study
(BioMed Central, 2009-4-9)BACKGROUND. The course of alcohol consumption and cognitive dimensions of behavior change (readiness to change, importance of changing and confidence in ability to change) in primary care patients are not well described. ... -
Primary Care Validation of a Single-Question Alcohol Screening Test
(Springer-Verlag, 2009-2-27)BACKGROUND Unhealthy alcohol use is prevalent but under-diagnosed in primary care settings. OBJECTIVE To validate, in primary care, a single-item screening test for unhealthy alcohol use recommended by the National ... -
Internal Medicine Residency Training for Unhealthy Alcohol and Other Drug Use: Recommendations for Curriculum Design
(BioMed Central, 2010-3-15)BACKGROUND: Unhealthy substance use is the spectrum from use that risks harm, to use associated with problems, to the diagnosable conditions of substance abuse and dependence, often referred to as substance abuse disorders. ... -
A Cautionary Note Regarding Count Models of Alcohol Consumption in Randomized Controlled Trials
(BioMed Central, 2007-2-15)BACKGROUND: Alcohol consumption is commonly used as a primary outcome in randomized alcohol treatment studies. The distribution of alcohol consumption is highly skewed, particularly in subjects with alcohol dependence. ... -
A Web-Based Alcohol Clinical Training (ACT) Curriculum: Is In-Person Faculty Development Necessary to Affect Teaching?
(BioMed Central, 2008-3-6)BACKGROUND: Physicians receive little education about unhealthy alcohol use and as a result patients often do not receive efficacious interventions. The objective of this study is to evaluate whether a free web-based alcohol ...